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RESS-CUTTERS SCALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,566, dated January 1, 1889.

Application filed October l2, 1888. Serial No. 287,893. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, REBECCA llUnD'liE, a

citizen oi' the United States, residing at Washington, 111 the District ot' (lolumliia, have .in- E vented certain new and useful Improvements in Dress-(hitters Scales 3 and I do hereby declare the followingl to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to that class of i111- plcnients called dress-cutters scales, which are used as guides in drawing the various outlines of dress-patterns; and its object is, lirst, to produce a scale of such forni that the different portions ol' its edge will serve to guide a pencil to form the proper lines, both curved and straight, to outline every portion oi a dresspattcrn, and, second, to provide a printed diagram upon or to accompany the said scale, showing at a glance the exactmair ner in which it is to be located to t'orm every portion ot' the curved outline ot' adress orpattern.

To this end my invention consists in a dress-cutters scale ol1 peculiar `[form and having peculiarly-located n'xeasurcs marked upon it, and, further, having printed upon it or accmnpanying it a diagram of a dress-pattern and oiI the scale itselt' in various positions for service in forming` the said pattern, as here inafter described and claimed, reference beu ing had to the accompanyingI drawings, in which- Figure I represents a dress-cutters scale according to my invention. Fig. Il represents a portion ot the reverse side of the same.

rlhe scale is made ol paper-board or other suitable material. It is straight on one edge, A, for a length ol two feet, and it is marked alongl that edge with inches and fractions thereof, 11'u111bercd from l to Beyond the twentyfourth-i11eh line the body ot' the scale extends about iive inches, and is rounded at the end in a neat semi-elliptical curve, the said twenty-tour inches oi straight edge hein g in a line tangent to the said curve. Its greatest width is six and three-quarter inches, and that is at B, opposite the twenty-third inch line. From point B the edge recedes on a long sloping curve to a point, C, opposite to inch-line l2, where the width ot` the scale is ltwo and three-quarters inches. From C to the end D of the scale the two edges of the scale are parallel. with each other. From a point, F, the inch-1narks are numbered each way 'from l to 7 on one side of the scale, as shown in Fig. Il; but on the other side they are numbered from l to li, beginning at the end o1' thc twenty-fourth inch, which is at the end of the straight edge A, and numbering around the elliptical end ot' thc scale, as shown in Fig. I.

On one side ot my scale I print diagrams, G I-I, ot' a drcsswaist pattern, having its lines numbered to correspond with reference-inunbers in printed instructions for cuttingl dresses, which I furnish to be sold with each scale; and on cach of these diagrams I show in dotted lines .I the position in which my scale is to be placed to serve as a guide to the pencil ol' the dress-cutter in giving the exact curve required for every line to make a pen fectly-fitting dress. Thus the curved edges of each dart K, the arin-size jL, the neck M, the back N, and the side O have each and all otl them corresponding portions in the curved outline oit. my scale, whereby the said lines may be instantlyT and accurately drawn, and the straight edge A is long enough tor any ot the straight lines in a dress-waist.

'3y means oi. this scale and the diagram printed on it any person skilled in the art ol' dress-making may be enabled to cut a dress accurately and, with great expedition. lhe printed instruct ions, whereby persons not skilled in dress-unthing may also he enabled to use my scale with facility, I do not deem it necessary to publish herewith, because such instructions are not patentable, and they represent only my method ot mal;- in g measures, while the scale hereinbetore dcscribed may be used by many other methods. The edge Vfrom (f: to D, I malte straight and parallel with the opposite edge, A, becanseI have no especialusc for this portion, and that is the easiest way to inakeit. Any other form maybe substituted for this portion. It a dresscutters scale having the curved edges described were combined with a diagram on ani other paper, showing a dress-pattern and the outline ot' the said scale in various positions partly coinciding with the pattern, it would be an equivalent of a part of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I believe to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is the following:

l.. A dress-cutters scale oi semi-elliptical form at one end, and having one edge extending in a straight line tangent from one side of the said semi-ellipse and the other edge sloping inward on a lon graceful curve from the other side of the said semi-ellipse to a narrow point about midway the scale, the remaining portion of the scale being narrow, substantially as shown and described.

2. A dress-cutters scale having curved edges, substantially as described, and provided with a diagram of a dress -pattern printed -on it, and shmving the outline of the said scale in various positions partly coincidingl with the curves of the pattern, substantially as shown and described.

The combination of a dress-cutters scale having curved edges and a printed diagram showing a dress-pattern and the outline of the said scale in various positions partly coinciding with the curves of the pattern, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

' REBECCA' HURDLE.

IV itn esses:

FANNY WAsHINeroN, W. X. STEVENS. 

